External Gas Bubble Disease

Skin bubbles or cysts can be an indication of several different ailments and can appear as gas filled vesicles or appear solid or cystic in nature. The clear, gas filled vesicles are usually diagnostic of External Gas Bubble Disease (EGBD). Cystic lesions filled with pus are called abscesses are usually due to Vibrio infections although other bacterial infections are possible. Lesions that tend to be more solid in nature include granulomatous diseases such as Norcardia and Mycobacteria. Granulomata of the skin have also been seen in parasitic infections caused by nematodes. Biopsy of solid lesions, such as these, is the best route for definitive diagnosis. Besides parasites, granulomatous disease usually does not respond to therapy and euthanasia with system sterilization is recommended. Glugea is also a fatal, contagious non-treatable disease that presents with solid lesions that are not granulomatous. It is also easily diagnosed in biopsy material. - information provided by Renee Coles-Hix

Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Gallery Administrator Size: 26 items

Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 129170	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87598	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88997	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81869
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84893	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85132	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78801	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88458
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87655	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88879	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88999	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88501
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89282	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88913	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88972	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87147
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94138	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94720	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94279	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101934
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95331	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92929	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91541	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89403
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87251	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110936

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease